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Hundreds gather for funeral of popular dad

HUNDREDS of people are gathering for the funeral of a hugely popular young dad from Southampton. More than 500 people are expected at Quinton Garrathy's funeral at Romsey Abbey.

The 38-year-old was killed in a road collision on the Caribbean island of St Lucia on August 3.

A senior cabin crew member at Virgin‎ Atlantic, dozens of his former colleagues have attended the funeral in their uniforms, while the airline has named a new aircraft Olivia-Rae, after his four-month-old daughter, in his honour.